Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,407, Moors Dimmick, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dimnick, Moors or Dimick
S 15407
CONTENTS
Carded

See letter to P. Com. 23 Jan 1835 on refund Sept. 22. 1834
See Cir. Tr. March 13: 1835
Transf. to Ohio Pittsburgh, from 4: March 1834 - Ap. 1: 1835
14253 Ohio - Pittsburgh New York also
Moors Rimmick
of Seneca Falls in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Goodal of the Regt commanded by Col Putnam in the Massachusetts line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of May 1833 and sent S. F. Stevens Seneca Falls NY
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 — $160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 40 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 53

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1882 State of New York Seneca County } I Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca aforesaid and state aforesaid Moore Dimick a Resident of the town of Seneca Falls in the County of Seneca aforesaid and State aforesaid aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following decla- -ration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the month of April as he thinks in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one. He first served in the company of Captain Goodell of Brookfield, in the Regiment commanded by Rufus Patnam, in General Pattersons Brigade. Said Regiment was the fifth Regiment of the Massachusetts line of State Troops. That he served in the same Regiment and Company until the spring of the year seven hundred and eighty three three, when he was transferred into the first Massachusetts Regiment of the Mass- achusetts line in the Company commanded by Captain Ralph H. Bowls. and the Regiment of commanded by Colonel  Dore. and that he continued to serve in the said last mentioned Regiment & company until the twenty fourth day of December in the year seven hundred and eighty three, when he was honorably discharged at West Point in the State of New York. And further that the paper writing herunto annexed is the

original discharge that he received at the time he was discharged, and which he do always did believe and does yet believe is in the proper hand writing of Major General John Powny. he further saith that he always has carefully preserved the said paper writing as the only proper evidence of his Revolutionary services and of his sufferings for his country. That he has no documentary evidence except the said paper writing or discharge, and that he knows of no person or persons living who can testify to his services or to his knowledge of his services
Declarant says he was born in the year 1764 in the month of June, in the town of Ashford County of Windham in the State of Connecticut and that he resided in the same place when he was enlisted. and that he has resided since the Revolution in the town of Pownal in the County Bennington in the State of Vermont and in the town of Cambridge in the County of Washington the State of New York, and in the County of Saratoga in a place called the Beach and Maple woods and in the town of Burlington in Otsego County State of New York. and that he now resides in the said town of Seneca Falls in the said County of Seneca and State of New York aforesaid. That he has no record of his age within his knowledge
He hereby disavows his every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed this fifth day of October 1832. before me Seba Murphy Clerk
Abn Dimonick

105
Moor Q. Smith J. Hampton
March 11. 1835
Pension office annexed
(To Ohio Pits 6.9p) Washington 8.6
Secretary of War
W. H. Hon.
Mr. [unclear]
for
R

Reynolds
State of Ohio Portage County S.S. 3
On this twentieth day of January 1835 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Portage personally appeared Morris Dinnick who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain's Goodale & K. Bolls, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel's Putnam & Voss Massachusetts Troops in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from which he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future; that he made application after the 4 th day of September last and could not draw his money in New York in consequence of removing from said state sworn and subscribed to Morris Dinnick before me the day & year aforesaid John Hanford - Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio
Portage County S.S. 3 on this 9 th day of February 1835 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared William F. Ostrom and made oath that he is well acquainted with Morris Dinnick and knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit Wm F Ostrom
sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
John Hanford Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above deponent is a person of veracity John Hanford Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Portage County S.S.
I Geo. Wickham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County certify that John Hanford was at the time of taking the above deposition a Magistrate as above & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office & subscribed my name this 10. day of Feby. 1835. Geo. Wickham Clerk

Hon. Sir
I herewith enclose to you the application of Moses Dinick (a Pensioner of the United States) for a transfer of his plan of receiving his pay on his claim from New York to Pittsburgh where the Pensioners of the State of Ohio receive their pay as you will see by the foregoing papers that he is now a permanent resident of the state of Ohio, please forward the papers to me at Middlebury Portage County Ohio, February 27 th 1835- John H. Andrews

10/6093
Broos Dinmick NY
adm d
Luther T. Stevens, Agent Seneca Falls Seneca County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Noers Dennis L. of Oneida co New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1781 about 15 Private Capt Goodal Col Rufus Putnam To next of kin Middletown Connecticut Age 68 Documentary   Transferred to Massachusetts Line Capt Ralph Bowes Col Col Force Genl Knox  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present; and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [c] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

September 7, 1924.
Jennie I. Campbell, Mankato, KANS.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.15407, it appears that Moors Dimmick or Dimick was born in June 1764 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.
While a resident of that place, he enlisted in April 1781 and served in Captain Goodale's Company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Massachusetts Regiment, transferred in the spring of 1783 to Captain Ralph H. Bowles' Company, First Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged December 24, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1832, while a resident of Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York. There is no record that bounty land was claimed on account of his services in the Revolution and there is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Note:
Did not say that sol. was living in Ohio in 1835 as he did not state the P.O. tho probably Portage Co. as he made an affidavit there. u.m.

THE HONORABLE GENERAL the American Forces
the Service of the United States Minnow
Given in the State
178
the General
Directors of the Regiment
Mass. Moor's Limb. k. Sec 7. 15 407.

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X, Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Noah Dimmick soldier _____ in the First Massachusetts _____ Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the Twenty fourth Day of December
1783
By the General's Command,
H Knox
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Ralph H. Browne
Capt. & Adjutant
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Miss Jennie J. Campbell care Miss Mary S. DuBois Randolph Vt.
wants three copies (not cfd) of 1 page, the discharge certificate of Moss Timnick Rev. War penr. S. File 15-407
recd $0 45 / 100 July 1. 1925
W.E. Wilson
Chief Rev. War Sec.

3-2233
113
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
July 1 1925
Chief Rev Sect Division
I have this day received from Miss Jennie L. Campbell cash No. for $45 in payment of requesting
photostat copy post-office address as per memo letter herewith
Copies marked DNT not Insurance Div July 8 1925
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div. x b L
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK
3-2006
Job No.
2121
Date
Subject
Mrs. Minnie L. Lee July 8 1925
3 copies of 1 pieces consisting of 1 pages to be
forwarded when completed to the Rev. Sect. Div.
Remarks: please make 3 negative of the div. etc
Approved:
Chief Div. [Signature]
Chief Clerk.

Mankato Kansas
Aug. 15 1924
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
The United States Pension Rolls Vol. 2 Page 424 there is a statement that Moors Dinnick, a private, was allowed a pension May 16 1833, for service in the Mass. Continental Army.
I have been trying to find records of the family and should greatly appreciate the data which accompanies the request for a pension.
Very truly yours
Frances J. Campbell
P.S. Does the Pension office have records of land grants given to Revolutionary Soldiers? orr.

The following facts may prove valuable to some one else.
Moore Demmick b. Aug 25 1764 m Betsy Downs b " " 1768
Lucius Demmick b Aug 16 1807 m Julia Langford b July 1 1810
Otis Demmick b Jan 14 1831 d Feb 14, 1893 Chicago m Harriet S. Cook b Nov. 21, 1837 d. Dec 3 1920 Chicago

1924 Sept 7 - Visp. to Jennie D Campbell 1925 July 8. Copies mailed to Jennie D. Campbell. Acc.
P
157104
INVALID.
File No. 15.407
Mrs. D. Campbell
Per Rev. Wm.
Act: J. D. Campbell
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 97
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In the matter of the application of Moore Demmick for a Pension -
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Prayed -
Adm d
24 mo pri
80 $

I Seba Murphy Clerk of the County of Seneca in the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- cation of Moses Demick for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Seba Murphy Clerk subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. This fifth day of October 1832